the horse's mouth

Can You Say Skyscrapper?

Look up, way up.



How tall is tall?



Tall is, very tall.



Yes, I would say it's tall.



Say hello to the Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world.

Take a look at the construction photos.
Design by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill. Built by Samsung Engineering & Construction.

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Fish On Fridays. [Video]

Call me old fashioned, but I don't think I'd invite a shark to my session on the water.
I wonder if Miguel would?

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Meanwhile, On The Other Side Of The Bay.

They had a paddling contest.
Out the Gate, around a buoy, surf to Berkeley. The envelope please, and the winner is....

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A Little Bit Of The Bay, For You Today. [Sailing Video]

Mira, 505s!
Coffee, wind and tapas. How was your day?

Thanks to Ole, who got it from Sailing Anarchy. I've got to renew my habit and start reading it again.

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Tillerman Tuesday: What Should You Do With Your Old Sunfish? I Know, Let's Turn It Into A Land Yacht.

Sunfish Land Yacht - More DIY How To Projects

You should never have sold that old bucket. Think about all those hours you could have had cruising up and down the parking lot at Walmart.

Links: Proper Course(One the cyber haunts of the Tillerman) | instructables

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Yippee Ki-yay!

Ride'm Cowboy. The Contender looks like it knows how to gallop.

Via .sNIPEOUT.

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Force 5 Friday Part 2.

What's going on here? That's a Laser! It looks like the Tillerman has hacked this blog.
Have you no shame sir? Will you stop at nothing in your pursuit of world domination? Oh well, it's really a good video. I do like the part when the windsurfer appears. Cheers and have a great weekend!

Video stolen from the Tillerman, it seems that I have no shame.

From The "I'm A Wacked In The Head Guy" Files, Tyler Bradt Goes Over The Falls. [Video]

I found this video over at SurfThereNow.com, it shows Tyler Bradt kayaking over the 186-foot-high Palouse Falls. He broke the old waterfall world record of 127 feet.

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Hi Ho Silver, Away!

A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi Ho Silver!"
I'm always blown away by the photos of Matias Capizzano. I want to go south just so I can sail off of Mar del Plata.
Mas buenas fotos aqui. Todos son bellisimo!

Muchisimos gracias al Senor .sNIPEOUT para enlace.

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Whoosh! More Coastie Surf Lessons.

Those guys don't fuck around!
Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA 2009

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